EU cancels Lebanon tour after entry refused to Israeli MK - Haaretz

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EU cancels Lebanon tour after entry refused to Israeli MK

By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent

A delegation representing the European Union cancelled its visit to Lebanon after the Lebanese government refused entry to Knesset Deputy Speaker Majali Wahaba (Kadima).

EU sources stated that the delegation, which was set to tour areas of Lebanon damaged during the war, would not leave without Wahaba and cancelled the trip.

The group, which was to include parliamentary representatives from Europe and the Middle East, was planned as part of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (Euromed), devoted to strengthening ties between Europe and Mediterranean countries.

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The team had intended to tour the country to assess damage caused in the month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah.

Wahaba asserted that the refusal to allow Israeli participation in the mission jeopardizes the basic foundations of Euromed's Barcelona Process for strengthening cooperation between countries of the Mediterranean.

A large number of the EU delegation members supported the Israeli position and decided to cancel the mission.

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1.	My, my...discrimination?	21:05	\|	qzz	18/09/06

2.	So where are the Europe bashers?	21:12	\|	Jeroen	18/09/06

3.	BETTER FUTURE FOR LEBANON	21:26	\|	Loyal Lebanese	18/09/06

4.	Wow	21:36	\|	Steph	18/09/06

5.	was bombing part of Barcelona process?	21:54	\|	Jan Elshout	18/09/06

6.	Jeroen #2	22:14	\|	Gee	18/09/06

7.	fair`s fair	22:31	\|	Marco	18/09/06

8.	EU cancells Lebanon tour	22:39	\|	Rodney Stack	18/09/06

9.	#3 - better future for Lebanon	22:56	\|	Sammy Salameh	18/09/06

10.	Lebanon could not guarantee his safety?	23:01	\|	Ziad	18/09/06

11.	at last	23:09	\|	michel	18/09/06

12.	They should have let him in and then arrested him	23:38	\|	Brian	18/09/06

13.	Answer to #3	23:42	\|	Sergio	18/09/06

14.	MK visit	23:55	\|	Adam - Arab-Israeli	18/09/06

15.	5 JAN ELSHOUT	00:04	\|	ron	19/09/06

16.	It would have been very funny, Brian	00:04	\|	Jacob Blues	19/09/06

17.	#2. Jeroen	00:11	\|	unhyphenatedAmerican	19/09/06

18.	MK touring the damaged area of Beirut?	00:12	\|	Lebanese	19/09/06

19.	# 2 Wait few days, EU will come up with some scheme...	00:17	\|	Haham me Bat Yam	19/09/06

20.	# 2 Wait few days, EU will come up with some scheme...	00:18	\|	Haham me Bat Yam	19/09/06

21.	Sergio what are you talking about	00:18	\|	Omar	19/09/06

22.	@2 Gee	00:21	\|	jeroen	19/09/06

23.	#12 Grian	00:24	\|	Mordechai	19/09/06

24.	Why should they see how little was damaged? Lebanese beggars	00:25	\|	Absolute Sweden	19/09/06

25.	to Sergio Buens Aires	00:30	\|	Lebasese	19/09/06

26.	# 10 But you allowed MKs led by Bishara to visit Lebanon.	00:31	\|	Haham me Bat Yam	19/09/06

27.	Wow. There is still a technical state of war	00:41	\|	Mark Lincoln	19/09/06

28.	Brian in USA	00:43	\|	rich	19/09/06

29.	Jan Elshout	00:46	\|	rich	19/09/06

30.	Jeroen	00:48	\|	rich	19/09/06

31.	EU canels trip to Lebanon	00:49	\|	Adam	19/09/06

32.	Good , that s was the right reaction	01:01	\|	fatima	19/09/06

33.	#15 Absolute Sweden	01:25	\|	Jimmy	19/09/06

34.	Brian, #12	01:28	\|	Joe	19/09/06

35.	#19 Too early for that	01:36	\|	Loyal Lebanese	19/09/06

36.	Graet answer #5	01:38	\|	kkk	19/09/06

37.	Arrest him	01:41	\|	angiolillo	19/09/06

38.	don`t go, an earthquick could hit lebanon and Syria	01:54	\|	Gaza Boy	19/09/06

39.	THIS OUTRAGE WILL BACKFIRE	01:54	\|	Arik Silverman	19/09/06

40.	jeroen #15	02:02	\|	Gee	19/09/06

41.	funny Jeroen, brian!!	02:03	\|	yo	19/09/06

42.	Adam in Denver	02:05	\|	rich	19/09/06

43.	For Brian, #12	02:05	\|	Brant	19/09/06

44.	Sergio...agree!!!	02:06	\|	yo	19/09/06

45.	#4 re:WOW	02:10	\|	* BEN JABO	19/09/06

46.	STupid officials	02:15	\|	Amir	19/09/06

47.	Pleasantly surprising	02:26	\|	An Australian	19/09/06

48.	Someone should explain the facts to the Euros	02:29	\|	rick	19/09/06

49.	Arab Israeli MK`s face arrest, Jewish MK is a martyr?	02:34	\|	Pablo B	19/09/06

50.	Absolute Sweeden, "non-existant destruction"??	02:47	\|	Ziad	19/09/06

51.	Yeah, and Osama wants to visit ground zero	02:57	\|	watcher X	19/09/06

52.	#30 Stupid Amir	02:58	\|	Loyal Lebanese	19/09/06

53.	No Nasrallah in Haifa, No JEW in Lebanon	03:00	\|	common sense	19/09/06

54.	Just like Bush....	03:02	\|	watcher X	19/09/06

55.	WHAT MK MR WAHABA DID TO STOP ISRAEL`S WAR?	03:22	\|	Lebanese	19/09/06

56.	another missed opportunity	03:26	\|	alan	19/09/06

57.	It would be funnier if Brian (#12) were arrested!	03:34	\|	Rick	19/09/06

58.	Next Israel and U.S. will want to ......	03:47	\|	Economics	19/09/06

59.	Next the U.S. and Israel will want ......	04:00	\|	Economics	19/09/06

60.	signs of the messiah`s return	04:30	\|	Ann	19/09/06

61.	EU & UN wolves in sheep`s clothing	04:40	\|	Ann	19/09/06

62.	Hypocrisy to the Max	04:52	\|	Michael-Syd	19/09/06

63.	#31 Common Sense	04:56	\|	Michael-Syd	19/09/06

64.	dont cry Lebanese	05:25	\|	yo	19/09/06

65.	Reply to Rich	05:26	\|	Adam	19/09/06

66.	Why not have Olmert tour Baghdad too?	05:30	\|	axis of looney tunes	19/09/06

67.	Another Agenda	05:31	\|	Michael-Syd	19/09/06

68.	Reply to Marco NO 7	05:35	\|	Akram Malik	19/09/06

69.	No visa for people who bombed you	05:55	\|	Albert	19/09/06

70.	ARE they going to see the damage by Lebanese agressors to Israel?	06:47	\|	PETER SM	19/09/06

71.	#48 looney tunes	06:50	\|	sylvester	19/09/06

72.	Re: fair`s fair	07:32	\|	Cherice	19/09/06

73.	How did Bishara get in?	08:14	\|	peter	19/09/06

74.	Pablo B. - MK Majali Wahaba is not Jewish	08:54	\|	Judith	19/09/06

75.	Absolute Sweden, Absolute crap	09:23	\|	Maral	19/09/06

76.	GIMPEL the FOOL / ALBERT the FOOL / ISAAC B. SINGER	09:33	\|	DAVID KOHEN	19/09/06

77.	#18 - Lebanese	09:37	\|	Kaelinda	19/09/06

78.	Lebanon is Offically at War with Israel	09:39	\|	Karim	19/09/06

79.	To 55	09:40	\|	Jozef	19/09/06

80.	MK Visit	09:42	\|	Wissam	19/09/06

81.	#49 Pablo	09:43	\|	Kaelinda	19/09/06

82.	Judith in Haifa	09:45	\|	Khalil	19/09/06

83.	to YOU	09:45	\|	SA	19/09/06

84.	#55 Lebanese	09:45	\|	Kaelinda	19/09/06

85.	Adam : Arab-Israeli	09:48	\|	Jasmine Murphy	19/09/06

86.	Only a matter of time until Hezbs turn on Christian Lebanese!	09:49	\|	Cowboy Bob	19/09/06

87.	Lebasese	09:52	\|	Joe	19/09/06

88.	Pablo you look pretty bad	09:56	\|	Jasmine Murphy	19/09/06

89.	#49 Pablo: I Can Unconfuse You	10:11	\|	Geno	19/09/06

90.	89: Geno, good, but not quite right	12:53	\|	David Teich	19/09/06

91.	EU favoring Israel again	12:56	\|	John	19/09/06